...How many times have you needed the find something in there in the dark only to first find a flash light or having to hold one in your mouth while rummaging for something?

Or look for the last pack of M&M's while slabbing it in the middle of no where.

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I really like this idea. I'm assuming your tail bag is more or less a permanent luggage piece. Is the wiring quick release, and if so, what connectors did you use? And were you able to neatly route the wiring and all that jazz so that you don't have cables hanging off the bike with the tailbag removed?

I tweak and play with my bikes all the time. I've found, more often than once, that the way I have something routed (wiring, line, etc.) in some way prevents something from being disassembled later on. a classic example would be hard wiring in a stealth switch for my tail light on my first KLR, and routing it in such a way, without connectors, that prevented me from removing the subframe. I've gotten better with experience, and spend more time now analyzing the layout.

Since I figured I'm going to need a flashlight in more places than just the saddlebags, I mounted my Mini Maglight to the handlebars with one of those flash light clips screwed to a hose clamp around the handlebars.
Most people don't even notice it there.
The Mini Maglight I converted to LED with a push button end.
It works well as a candle in the tent too!

I should add that I like this size flashlight best because I can hold it in my mouth while I work on the bike in the dark, if I have to!
OR tuck it in under my hat band over my ear like we use to do ciggarettes way back when I was a teenager trying to look tough! Gave those up a long time ago BTY!

__________________It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena" -Burt Munro

The string was so long I cut off a peice to put in Steve's tank bag. With it I soldered on a male cigarette plug with an in-line switch. And since I didn't need the plug that came with it from him, I soldered it into the power feed on my bike.

It looks like this.

I used clear Rescue Tape to seal the cut end on my string.

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Originally Posted by Parepin

I really like this idea. I'm assuming your tail bag is more or less a permanent luggage piece. Is the wiring quick release, and if so, what connectors did you use? And were you able to neatly route the wiring and all that jazz so that you don't have cables hanging off the bike with the tailbag removed?

I tweak and play with my bikes all the time. I've found, more often than once, that the way I have something routed (wiring, line, etc.) in some way prevents something from being disassembled later on. a classic example would be hard wiring in a stealth switch for my tail light on my first KLR, and routing it in such a way, without connectors, that prevented me from removing the subframe. I've gotten better with experience, and spend more time now analyzing the layout.

I get most of my LED's from here. I've been very happy with them.
The LED clocks and bulbs direct from China.